Amateur talking pictures and recording (1933)

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Record Details:

Title:
Amateur talking pictures and recording
Date:
1933
Publisher:
London : Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.
Volume:
Amateur talking pictures and recording
Leaf #:
00032
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion Picture Technology
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
May 02, 2024
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20 AMATEUR TALKING PICTURES success, but at the present time we can consider that only two have survived. They are aluminium, either in the pure or alloyed state, and a new type of resin having an appearance and characteristics in some ways similar to celluloid. In Chapter III we shall describe a number of varieties of equipment and methods adopted for utilizing these discs. Although the varieties are legion they occupy themselves mainly with the methods employed in effecting the inward movement or traverse of the recording head or electrical pick-up. This may appear a simple point, but it has occupied the time of many inventors.